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1. Wonka (2023)
PG | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers.
Director: Paul King | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Gustave Die, Murray McArthur, Paul G. Raymond
Votes: 139,220
2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
PG | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Charlie, a young boy from an impoverished family, and four other kids win a tour of an amazing chocolate factory run by an imaginative chocolatier, Willy Wonka, and his staff of Oompa-Loompas.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter
Votes: 529,169 | Gross: $206.46M
3. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
G | 100 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical
A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.
Director: Mel Stuart | Stars: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear
Votes: 227,271 | Gross: $4.00M
4. Matilda (1996)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A girl gifted with a keen intellect and psychic powers uses both to get even with her callous family and free her kindly schoolteacher from the tyrannical grip of a sadistic headmistress.
Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Mara Wilson, Embeth Davidtz
Votes: 174,544 | Gross: $33.08M
5. Matilda: The Musical (II) (2022)
PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
An adaptation of the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical. Matilda tells the story of an extraordinary girl who, armed with a sharp mind and a vivid imagination, dares to take a stand to change her story with miraculous results.
Director: Matthew Warchus | Stars: Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham
Votes: 28,270
6. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
PG | 87 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman
Votes: 270,219 | Gross: $21.00M
7. The Durrells (2016–2019)
TV-PG | 46 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Louisa Durrell raises her four children single-handedly after her husband's death. Following a financial crisis, the family moves to the Greek island of Corfu and tries to adapt to life there.
Stars: Keeley Hawes, Josh O'Connor, Milo Parker, Daisy Waterstone
Votes: 14,176
8. The Witches (2020)
PG | 106 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A young boy and his grandmother have a run-in with a coven of witches and their leader.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, Chris Rock
Votes: 46,559 | Gross: $0.20M
9. Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Young lovers, and soon to wed, Hero and Claudio conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles, Benedick and Beatrice, to wed as well.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Keanu Reeves, Kate Beckinsale
Votes: 51,981 | Gross: $22.55M
10. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
G | 144 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A down-on-his-luck inventor turns a broken-down Grand Prix car into a fancy vehicle for his children, and then they go off on a magical fantasy adventure to save their grandfather in a far-off land.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Benny Hill
Votes: 50,700 | Gross: $7.50M
11. The BFG (2016)
PG | 117 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
An orphan little girl befriends a benevolent giant who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading the human world.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement
Votes: 93,250 | Gross: $55.48M
12. James and the Giant Peach (1996)
PG | 79 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
An orphan who lives with his two cruel aunts befriends anthropomorphic bugs who live inside a giant peach, and they embark on a journey to New York City.
Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Paul Terry, Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite, Simon Callow
Votes: 73,996 | Gross: $28.93M
13. The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012)
PG | 88 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Pirate Captain sets out on a mission to defeat his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the Pirate of the year Award. The quest takes Captain and his crew from the shores of Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London.
Directors: Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt | Stars: Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek, Jeremy Piven, Martin Freeman
Votes: 51,409 | Gross: $31.05M
14. Alice (1988)
Not Rated | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
A surrealistic revision of Alice in Wonderland.
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Kristýna Kohoutová, Camilla Power
Votes: 13,985
15. My Family and Other Animals (2005 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
An English family relocates to sunny Greece four years before WWII.
Director: Sheree Folkson | Stars: Eugene Simon, Imelda Staunton, Chris Langham, Omid Djalili
Votes: 1,934
16. The Ruling Class (1972)
PG | 154 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. Their other, somewhat more respectable family members plot to steal the estate from him; murder and mayhem ensue.
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Hugh Owens
Votes: 6,802
17. The BFG (1989)
91 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A young orphan girl, Sophie, gets taken away to a faraway land populated by Giants and Dreams.
Director: Brian Cosgrove | Stars: David Jason, Amanda Root, Angela Thorne, Ballard Berkeley
Votes: 7,501
18. Cheap Thrills (I) (2013)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A scheming couple put a struggling family man and his old friend through a series of increasingly twisted dares over the course of an evening at a local bar.
Director: E.L. Katz | Stars: Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, Sara Paxton, David Koechner
Votes: 20,438 | Gross: $0.06M
19. Esio Trot (2015 TV Movie)
88 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
A retired bachelor has a thing for his neighbor who only shows affection to her pet tortoise.
Director: Dearbhla Walsh | Stars: James Corden, Salo Gardner, Dustin Hoffman, Richard Cordery
Votes: 5,513
20. There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
In their sexual game, an egotistical and womanizing television host meets his match, Marion, who seeks to remain one step ahead of him.
Director: Roy Boulting | Stars: Peter Sellers, Goldie Hawn, Tony Britton, Ruth Trouncer
Votes: 2,787 | Gross: $2.20M
21. The Man in the White Suit (1951)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
An altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.
Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, Michael Gough
Votes: 10,805 | Gross: $0.01M
22. Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2017 Video)
Not Rated | 79 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The classic Roald Dahl tale gets a modern twist when Tom and Jerry enter the amazing world of Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory.
Director: Spike Brandt | Stars: JP Karliak, Jess Harnell, Lincoln Melcher, Mick Wingert
Votes: 1,481
23. Danny the Champion of the World (1989 TV Movie)
99 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Somewhere in England in autumn 1955, widowed veteran William Smith and his son, Danny, live an idyllic life together. But their property happens to sit on a piece of land that a local ... See full summary »
Director: Gavin Millar | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Robbie Coltrane, Samuel Irons, Cyril Cusack
Votes: 1,476
24. Loot (1970)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Crime
Based on the play by Joe Orton, this film follows the adventures of two pals who have pulled off a bank robbery and have to hide the loot. Fortunately one of them works in a funeral parlor ... See full summary »
Director: Silvio Narizzano | Stars: Lee Remick, Richard Attenborough, Hywel Bennett, Milo O'Shea
Votes: 628
25. Girly (1970)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A wealthy, fatherless British clan kidnaps bums and hippies and forces them to participate in an elaborate role-playing game in which they are the perfect family; those who refuse or attempt escape are ritualistically murdered.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Michael Bryant, Ursula Howells, Pat Heywood, Howard Trevor
Votes: 1,578
26. My Family and Other Animals (1987)
30 min | Drama
Young Gerald explored his passion for the animal kingdom with his inspirational tutor, Dr Theodore Stephanides. The backdrop was sunshine, happiness and the love and laughter of a doting, slightly eccentric family,
Stars: Darren Redmayne, Hannah Gordon, Brian Blessed, Anthony Calf
Votes: 240
27. Kill Your Friends (2015)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Music
An A&R man working at the height of the Britpop music craze goes to extremes in order to find his next hit.
Director: Owen Harris | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Thomas Conroy, James Corden, Georgia King
Votes: 10,032
28. Revolting Rhymes (2016)
29 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Two half-hour animated films based on the much-loved rhymes written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stars: Dominic West, Rose Leslie, Gemma Chan, Rob Brydon
Votes: 650
29. The Green Man (1956)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Crime
An assassin is annoyed by a vacuum cleaner salesman determined to stop him.
Directors: Robert Day, Basil Dearden | Stars: Alastair Sim, George Cole, Terry-Thomas, Jill Adams
Votes: 2,324
30. I'm All Right Jack (1959)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy
A naive aristocrat in search of a career becomes caught up in the struggles between his profit-minded uncle and an aggressive labor union.
Director: John Boulting | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough
Votes: 4,366
31. Only Two Can Play (1962)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
A frustrated librarian (Sellers) in Swansea, Wales is torn between his wife Jean (Markell) and a glamorous married woman, Liz (Zetterling), who wants to have an affair.
Director: Sidney Gilliat | Stars: Peter Sellers, Mai Zetterling, Virginia Maskell, Kenneth Griffith
Votes: 1,415
32. Jo (1971)
85 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A writer of detective stories desperately trying to hide a corpse in his house - and at the same time to know exactly who he killed accidentally.
Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Claude Gensac, Michel Galabru, Bernard Blier
Votes: 3,664
33. Kalle och chokladfabriken (1983– )
Family
Berättad av Ernst Hugo Järdegård utifrån tecknade stillbilder.
Star: Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Votes: 31
34. Entertaining Mr Sloane (1970)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Sloane, a manipulative lodger, joins Kath's household. Kemp recognizes Sloane as a murderer. Sloane kills Kemp. The story takes an unexpected turn regarding Sloane's fate, deviating from conventional justice.
Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: Beryl Reid, Harry Andrews, Peter McEnery, Alan Webb
Votes: 743
35. Prudence and the Pill (1968)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
A wealthy London banker, his wife, his mistress, and his family and servants all get into hijinks when they swap birth-control medicines in an effort to deceive each other.
Directors: Fielder Cook, Ronald Neame | Stars: Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Robert Coote, Irina Demick
Votes: 601
36. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
76 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
The first puppet kinescope in the world. It is based on the famous poetic comedy by William Shakespeare. Three worlds meet in this story: the noble world of three Athens couples, a common ... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Trnka | Stars: Joss Ackland, Ann Bell, Richard Burton, Tom Criddle
Votes: 466
37. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory in the Playroom (2012 Video)
7 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
Stars: Jessica Fildes, James Fildes
Votes: 38
38. Lamb to the Slaughter (2002)
PG | 90 min | Mystery
In 1940, when Mary Maloney's husband of 10 years (Patrick Maloney) decides to leave her. Mary takes matters into to her own hands...
Director: Nicole Barnette | Stars: Liz Mamana, Brien Varady, Ron Gilbert, Shane Kramer
Votes: 31
39. James and the Giant Peach (1976 TV Movie)
45 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A TV adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic book.
Director: Paul Stone | Stars: Simon Bell, Anna Quayle, Ann Beach, Arthur Hewlett
Votes: 16
40. Fool's Mate (1956)
28 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
When an unfaithful wife receives a fur coat from her lover as a gift, they must figure out a way to keep the husband from discovering the coat's true origins.
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Virginie Vitry, Anne Doat, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Jean-Claude Brialy
Votes: 1,029
41. The Magic Finger (1990 TV Movie)
25 min | Animation
When the Magic Finger is put upon the Gregg family for shooting some ducks, only the inventive imagination of Roald Dahl could have devised the events which take place.
Star: Anne Clements
Votes: 13
42. Mayday (I) (2020)
114 min | Comedy, Romance
Janek, who has two wives, skillfully maneuvers between them. The risk that one of his loved ones will learn about a double relationship increases dramatically and every lie will have colossal effects.
Director: Sam Akina | Stars: Piotr Adamczyk, Diana Baczkowska, Alicja Baran, Mariusz Bindula
Votes: 557
43. Genesis and Catastrophe (2000)
8 min | Drama, Short
In a squalid Austrian hospital, an overworked doctor tends to the difficult childbirth of Klara. We learn that Karla has lost three previous babies, and her husband is pessimistic about the... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan Liebesman | Stars: Isabelle Flachsmann, Connor Collins, Kenya De Rosa, Judith Griegossies
Votes: 131
44. Poen (1975 TV Movie)
Comedy, Crime
Director: Roger De Wilde | Stars: Daan Hugaert, Rita Lommée, Nolle Versyp, Oswald Versyp
45. Perfect Days - I zeny maji sve dny (2011)
108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
"I don't get how I can be forty-five next year, when I still don't know what I want to do when I grow up!" The story begins with Erica's (Ivana Chýlková) forty-fourth birthday where she ... See full summary »
Director: Alice Nellis | Stars: Ivana Chýlková, Ondrej Sokol, Zuzana Bydzovská, Vojtech Kotek
Votes: 224
46. The Talking Parcel (1978 TV Movie)
Unrated | 40 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A little girl finds an odd parcel on the seashore, and in It a talking parrot who takes her on an epic journey to a fantasy land called Mythologia to rescue a wizard imprisoned by an evil cockatrice. They must gather allies along the way.
Director: Brian Cosgrove | Stars: Lisa Norris, Freddie Jones, Mollie Sugden, Roy Kinnear
Votes: 84
47. What the Butler Saw. (2017 Video)
98 min | Comedy
During the inspection of a residential clinic, a psychiatrist and his wife attempt to cover up their infidelities and misdemeanors.
Director: Nikolai Foster | Stars: Rufus Hound, Ravi Aujla, Jasper Britton, Jack Holden
48. Lamb to the Slaughter (2016)
9 min | Short, Crime
Based on the short story by Roald Dahl, Lamb to the Slaughter describes the order of events of the murder of Patrick Maloney.
Director: Simon Throssell | Stars: Alexander Butterworth, Adam Jest, Jonathan Kirby, Matilda Maglio
Votes: 8
49. Kentervilskoe prividenie (1970)
20 min | Animation, Short, Family
A story about a ghost being pestered by the new owners of its castle.
Directors: Valentina Brumberg, Zinaida Brumberg | Stars: Vladimir Kenigson, Aleksey Konsovskiy, Rina Zelyonaya, Evgeniy Vesnik
Votes: 608
50. Idealnaya para (1992)
Comedy
Two married couples are participating in the filming of the film "Night of Love" on the seashore. Trying to diversify their vacation, the friends decide to swap wives for two nights, but ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksandr Polynnikov | Stars: B. Chernokulsky, Yuriy Duvanov, Andrey Gradov, Anna Nazareva
Votes: 38